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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1906)
!.- SPEAKING THE SHIPS. traveled dweller by-tfeetiavcn-slde. I saw tho great ships come, sojourn a day, Then set their eager sails, their nnchor welch, And give themselves to rocking wind and tide. I spake them not, nor they to mo replied, Of whore their void and lonely journey lay; Now, since my lips hare tasted mid sen spray, In common speech I hall those wander ers wide. To this: "Proud Scotia gave thy ribs to thee!" To this: "Thy masts have known the Apennines 1" Or, "Tagus empties where thy frame was planned." Or, "Say, thou gallant one, If true It be, Thou hither caiu'st with hoard of Levant 'wines And dulcet fruits from many a sun loved land." Century. After the Matinee. HE play was over, and the playr II goers, with Introspective eyes and faces attuned to the climax they had witnessed, surged forth from the several exits. Outside as well as In the scene had changed, and for n few minutes a be wildered crowd swayed hither and thither on the greasy pavement before a drop-curtain of Impenetrable fog. Then came a momentary lifting of the vaporous barrier, and with coat collars up and covered mouths the various groups pressed stoically forward for a second wraith, weirdly Indefinite, then suddenly invisible, engulfed In the mysterious beyond. Phnntom vehl cles emerged from the gloom, glided noiselessly away with the occupants of loxes and stalls, and the street settled into silence. "Is that you. Jack?" an anxious voice demanded pantlngly as a fragrant odor diffused Itself Into the murky atmos phere, and a glowing point of light ad vanced slowly toward the" speaker. "It Is not Jack, Sue," the owner of the cigar said quietly. "Have you lost your party?" "You, Edward? How very lucky! ran back for my fan, and didn't find It 'THOSE MELANCHOLY DAYS HAVS COME. THE SADDEST OP THE YEAR." ' MARKING OUR BOUNDARIES. Shtft uu mvvw fiiu wi n mi njju two umbrtiui i i7 .Favorite vjj nil lu, k.ti U1 At four v.. Minutes liiJ Wstottl? it i in trir-1. - ... III clrr ImV:.U0 Moll!,:'' Luprvi-:.ui, mi .... k,1w you iv ri I mink. , '-munri. Sioux City Journal. bubged ronni fkom sevehai. exits. Just at once. Jack must have thought I was In the other carriage, and natural ly they concluded he was waiting for me." "Naturally." His tone was colorless, but her quick glance at him was Inquiring, and lin gered thoughtfully. "What are we to do In this appall ing, darkness?" she asked, shivering. "Could we get somewhere for tea?" He went a few step3, paused Irreso lutely at the sound of her cough, and slipping out of his fur-lined coat return ed with It over his arm. "You are much too lightly clad as usual," he observed curtly. "Put this on. Nonsense!" as she protested; "you don't particularly want an attack of pneumonia, I suppose." As be strode off Into the fog she drew the garment more closely about her. It Teached almost to her feet, and she looked dowu at herself with an Inscru table smile as she nestled Into Its warm folds. Despite the chill atmosphere, the gen eral discomfort, she fell into a reverie as. she leaned Idly against the theater door waiting, and when the waiting was over It was to the uppermost thought of those that had possessed her that she presently gave utterance. "How quaint for you and me to be driving about togeher In a hansom!" "Very" dryly. "We conform most scrupulously to the dictates of the fash ionable world. We neither go out to gether nor stay In together; we see as little of each other aa possible. We are a model couple." "It might be better If wo were not" There was something unwonted In her tone, In the whitening of her Hps, . .1. . .uMaimii Aao r rlin .mnll 1 ... .. hands almost hidden In the big sleeves of his coat He looked at her curiously.1 "Did you enjoy the piece?" "Tho piece? Oh, yes, as well as most pieces." Her voice was weary. "1 did iiotjsee you there." ' ' "No, I stood most of the Utne-al; illVOli ' --- rr i ii t nil ii ttm uta I'll mil i iiivo .U . fcJ ww Tm- No. He wns a refuge, that wa all. I be spoke of him as a 'good llttlo "She wouldn't even have thought of his stature If she had loved him." "Wouldn't she?" Inquired the man, whose 0 feet 2 of length was but 111 nc commodated In the half of a hansom cab, and a faint smile flitted across his face. "No, and she certainly would not have troubled to correct herself If she bad chanced to refer to him In such terms." "I don't follow your argument, Sue.' "She would be so sure of herself, of his dignity, and her own recognition of It under all circumstances that she would not always be on guard against forgetting It always jealous lest some outsider should Ignore it" "And," her companion pursued with slow deliberation, "do you since you arc such a student of human nnture suppose she conilded entirely In her 'good little man;' told him how near she came to wrecking her life?" "Possibly probably. If so It Is cer tain he wopt over her woes and quite failed to see she had been wrong, be cause, of course. In his eyes It was un thinkable she could be. Had he not been 'little' " "Well had he not " " It would have depended on the measure of his greatness whether she told him or not" "Sue'he turned on her with an abrupt change of subject "why did you marry me?" "Why ?" "Let me have the reason, once for all. be the consequences what they may, The question comes between me and my very thought and I can And no answer to It You don't spend money like oth er women of your class you care noth ing, apparently, for the luxuries It places within your reach " "You think It was for your wealth! You think that!" But what then, what else, since It Is certain you do not and never did, love me?" "And If It were true! Did you not need my title my connections to ?" "Burnish my plebeian gold and cloak my obscure origin?" he concluded as she broke off sobblngly. "Is that what you would say? Has the result JuHtltied the accusation. Sue? Have I made use of these things, altered my life, In any way?" "They said " "If 'they said' anything but that I loved you with all my heart and soul and strength, Sue with every liber of my being they lied." He was staring straight before blm, his face stern and set and for a mo ment two destinies trembled In the bal ance. Then, "Is the past tense Inevitable?" she whispered. "Have not you, too, be lieved what 'they said?'" Her hand touched his, to be Instantly covered, clasped In a grip that was an- sv r enough. "Then it Is not 'Jack' nor another?" "Are you a 'great man,' Edward?" Ills eyes searched hers, and drew con tent from their clear depths. "Perhaps, if there were need. But there Is none." "No, there Is none. Edward, the fog Is lifting." "And the sun Is shining," he said. The Tattler. CHINA'S PROGRESS. 4Wa.ll T.dmitt on It ft i natber Awkward, but Fainted. An amusing Incident occurred at the C. P. Sunday school Sunday morning. In the review of the quarterly the su perintendent Attorney J. W. Dawson, brought up the lesson of the good Sa maritan and told the children of the man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and asked the question, "Whom did he meet?" A bright young ster spoke up in tones that were easily heard by everybody. "A lawyer."-: Mr, Dawson was as much amused at tlio answer as anyone, and even the Rev. Dr. Gold Joined heartily In tho laugh ing. Of course, the boy was expected to say thloves, but he answered law yers Instead. Unloutown News Stand-ard. Don't forget to laugh when your Dotb Emperor and Dounscr IS prewa In Favor oC Iteforma. During the past four years, or since the subsidence of the Boxer troubles and the return to Pekln of the Imperial family m o r o sweeping changes have been decreed In China than In nny other country nt any pe riod of history, ex ccpt Japan. Today China Is rccon structlng her navy and the day Is rap Idly nearing when It will no longer EMiEitoa op china, bo a negligible quantity. Tho army, too, Is trained according to western methods, dressed In western uniforms and Is supplied with modern arms. Rati roads are being extended and the telegraph Is being used as In occidental lands. Formerly the vast mineral de posits of the empire were neglected. Now tho government has formed elnb orate regulations, limiting the shnrc of foreigners and encouraging the Chlneso to engage In mining enterprises. 0111 clals are being trained for tho customs service nccordlng to the system estab llshed' by Sir Robert Hart and reform newspapers are being established. Ev erywhere from the precincts of tho court downward and outward the leav en of progress is working and the an cient empire, so long stagnant and self contained, Is pulsating with a new life. This remarkable development Is duo to the Dowager Empress, who since tho Boxer movement has been a staunch progressist That the development will not be retnrded when this remarkable woman reaches the end of her activities Is patent from tho fact that the young Emperor had embraced reform Ideas long before ihe Dowager Empress, who really governs the country, had been nttracted by them. The Emperor re cently celebrated his 34th birthday an niversary and Is In entire accord with the modernizing agencies which nro transforming China. Beside being the tmperor of China In the secular sense, he also occupies the unique position of being the high priest, who once a year performs tho sacrificial rites be fore the open altar to heaven on behalf of his multitudinous' subjects. According to Chinese tradition and belief, the Emperor is responsible, as a ruler, only to heaven, whose vice regent he claims to be. That this claim will In time bo abated would appear rrom tue recent report of a commlslson appointed by the Dowager Empress to investigate constitutional government among western nations. The'report of this commission requested tho throno to fix upon Ave years as tho limit with in which China will adopt a constitu tional form of government Tho Tnct Market. Chancellor James It. Day was once advising a young undergraduate of Syracuse Unlversliy to cultivate tact "But, alas," he Bald, "I fear that ad vice on such a subject must always bo wasted. On tact the last word was spoken by Barbey d'AurovIIlo when ho said; " 'If tact could be bought only those already possessed of It would want to buy It'" Took No Cbance. Mrs. Nurlch John, you are scratch ing up my polished floors terribly. Don't you supposo there nro some nails In your boots? Nurlch Of course there are. I had them put there to keep from breaking my neck on your floors. Detroit Freo' Press. t '. CallgloHn, The ilnoxDerlenced Oho (on Atlnnfin liner, Bccomlday out) By Qeorgo! But the sea certainly gives a feflow a great appetite! 1 ( The Experienced Ono-i-Not gives, my boy merely lends, Puclc When you tell a friend what la best-.. imk lMIInra. (Irnnlto ICarth Monnda In AVlldcrneaa. Nearly nil the boundaries of the Uni ted States are formed by tho easy, lr 'regular lines of waterways. Tlio arti 'flelnl marking of a country the slro of Li.i i,i ciwim n Hirnntle tank, nitd una hvhio - ' . c fortunately U was not necessary nil tho J, . wnv nrouiul. 'I Along tho northwcHtorn bordor, how vhv CarH neH(r, over, thcro Is a vast distance whero jicnJ) j,K, t10 fam.r',, wtrjr hoard I something of the fort was required, nl Heap high tho golden corn I I though It Is doubtful If many persons No richer gift has autumn poured have ever heard of It -" lug Canada follows, tho lorger part of ,. . . i ..i.. wn fnr.ii in -".. 7 '1 tno uihihuw, uu lilts""" - formed by tho Great Lakes and their outlets. Thence from the I.nko of tho Woods, on tho north of Minnesota, a more di rect courso Is taken through tho wilder ness nnd over the mountains of tho wild West to the Pacific const This boundary between the countries Is mnrked at regular Intervals by pll lnra of wood and Iron, earth mounds, or Btouo cairns. Beginning nt tho Lake of tho Woods, cast Iron pillars hnve been plnced nl tcrnntely by tho English nnd our gov crnment, one mile apart until renchlug the Red Valley River. Thoso net by our neighbor wero brought from over tho ocean, whllo ours wero mado In Detroit They nro n hollow casting of n pyramid form. eight feet In height, having a bnso eight Inches square and octagon flange one inch In thickness, with n top four Inches square, surmounted by a solid cap. Into thepo hollow jostfl nro fitted well-seasoned cedar Joists, with spikes driven through apertures made for thnt purpose In tlio casting. One-half of tho length of the pillars nro (Irmly Im bedded In the ground, bo thnt the In scriptions on their sides, In rained let ters two Inches high, face tho north nnd south, the first rending, "Conven tlon of London," tho latter "October Itttb. 181S." Beyond the Red River, earth mounds nnd stone cairns, seven feet by eight generally denote tho boundary lino. Whenover wooden posts ore used, they arc of tho same height as the Iron pll lars nnd painted red above the ground. Through forests a clearing hns been made a rod wide, so that the course In plainly Indicated. Where bodies of water nre crossed, monuments of stono have been raised several feet nbovo high tide. Over the mountains, shafts of gran ite, like grim sentinels, gunrd the way. Altogether the fixing of tho boundary marks was expensive, but It vtaa well done. SCHOOL STUDIES. This Is YOU, as you looked about 85 years ago. Study the picture and you will recognize earmarks till you can't rest You had a feeling each day of doom to come. You know thnt your les sons were not prepared, and about half the time you didn't kuow how to pre pare them. Didn't have no good-looking iacuors smelling of perfume coming around to help backward dhdIIs In thoso days. No, sir. Tho teacher was built on Jim Jeffries lines, nnrl lin ruled with a club. And finally It camo to you to read some f that dono whuro tho words nre chopped up with hyphens, iujo you siuuered and stumbled and halted, and, just as like as not, got a wallop over the crazy bono for your stupidity. Ah, thoso were thn hum- days NOT. But It Is fun to remember ana 10 look at ourselves as wo were men. Cincinnati Post A TbouKbtful Uiuplorcr. At the luncheon that followod fi,n aunchlng of tho Nebraska nt 8mitin Mlsa Mary Hlckey told a native story of her father, who Is Nebraska's govern or, says tho New York Tribune. "One evening idy father." slm -m-i dictated some of his correspondence to me. There was ono letter that struck me. It was to nn employe of my fath er's. It Inclosed a railway ticket and It said: You ask mo for n tlckot for mother-in-law, who Is about to visit you. xiie uckoc is within. Yon will The cluster from tho vino. Wo bettor love tho lmrdy gift Our rugged vnlos bestow, To cheer us when tho storm shall drift Our hnrvest fields with snow. Through vales of grass and meads of flow ers Our plows tholr furrows rondo, While on tho hills tho suit and showers Of changeful April played. Wo dropped the seed o'er hill and plain Beneath tho sun of May, And frightened from our sprouting gral Tho robber crows away All through tho long, bright days of Juno Its leaves grow groou nnd fair, And waved in hot midsummer's noon Its soft and yellow hair. And now with autumn's moonlit eres Its harvest tlmo has .come, Wo pluck nway tho frosted leaves And bear tho treasure borne. There, when tho snows about us drift And winter winds are cold, Fair hands the brokon grain shall sift And knead Its meal of gold. Let earth withhold her goodly root. Lot mildew blight the rye, Give to the worm the orchard's fruit Tho wheat fluid to the fly. But let the good old crop adorn The hills our fathers trod ; Still let us, for his golden core, Send up our thanks to God, John Q. Whlttler. 'Hint iilchf i . . tin ' IVU i "u wns. nni i... ""-dm lovely ho,, ; ywti "rod I W "io "upper dlifaM Zmt ,,...1 . r u'mc iv.i '!!.. -i.. "WO. . t filrl, ;t ,T. .. AM.!-.. MM f.l.l. . The UrooUntde. I wandered by tho brookslde, I wnudored by tho mill, ' 1 could not hear tho brook flow, Tho nolNy wheel was still ; There wan no burr of grasshopper, No chirp of any bird. But the beating of my own heart Was all (ho sound i heard. I sat betide tho elm tree, I watched the long, long shade. And as It grew still longor, 1 did not feel afraid; For I listened for a footfall, ' I listened for a word, -But the beating of my own heart Was all tho sound I heard. He came not no, ho enrao not Tbu night came on alone Tho little stnrs sat one by one. Each on his golden throno; The evening air paswtd by my cheek, The leaves above were stlrrd. But the heating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. Fast silent tears were flowing, When something stood behind A hand was on my shoulder, I knew Its touch was kind; It drew me nearer nearer We did not sneak one word, For the beating of our own hearts Was all tho sound we heard Lord Houghton. TWO 8IDE8 OF IT. Mother Wn Tired, bat tike 1)16 II All for DaiiKliter'n flake. For tho whole week befur the Grnntley's picnic Molly wa on tiptoe with delight The Ornntleys were such lovely people, nnd sho had longed to know them. Molllo's mother, watching: the girl's happy fneo, thought proudly thnt Stella Grantlvy was not a bit sweeter or prottlor than Molllo. SUe guessed folk would sec It If they were not blind. Molllo, dancing Into tho kitchen Tuesday afternoon, found hor mothor Ironing a white shirt wnUt suit "0 mother," nho said, reproachfully, "I wns going to do that!" "I thought mebbo you wouldn't get back In time," her mothor answered. "It was over so good of you," Mol llo returned, absently. "Mother, I've just thought don't you suppose I could innko some of thoso little spice cakes lwforc breakfast? I know nobody else would hnvo anything like those." "Why, I guess you could," her moth er nnsworod. "And stuffed eggs and chicken and wlclies and olives," Molllo counted off triumphantly. "I'm not expected to enrry so much, but I wanted people to know whnt things my mother could mnko. Besides, I do so want them to nsk Jno ngaln, "I flhn'n't think much of thera If they don't," her mother declared. "Tliat'8 'causo you'ro mother," Mol nH tl.nt T ,11,1 . . M ,vuu " " uV"tKCt l? 0M n o laughed, kissing Jior. "Then I'll , ..u,ac.t". ."' tho cakes before breakfast" """i"" "umuu iu iirco unys," Ono "Yes, It's Just ns I ny, nnd Bomo of When sbo carao down to breakfast, however, tho cakes woro all ready. Molllo did not seom greatly surprised t she wiih, In fnct, already dreeeed In her these day, you'll admit thnt thn ' " ifi.- i ' f"?.' lTeTa. your wife gave you was the best ad- .enmo. nnd mothor ...t i.n rtnor ! "I w?h 7ou8c,uZTe7'' ' I wtei tow " W TberT was not man M'rla" COUal(loml Wo tt wise any girl so pretty as MoIIIe. "Why do 'you sny thnt nowr J..5liWn8. ,0 trlunuihr Mol; ?. "You know n word " . .y .. ?nu "P5Hme "n" siifflelent'--irnu i V ,v,0 lu fwam u,uc" 10 1,10 "' a ller sufOUeut. -Houston Post. w,che8 nd spjco akoj wore roted.wu- Not Htjtuil eM. She Dp you think Iovo Is blind? Ho Yo; but matrimony remove ttturaota. Dtikot Kro h. surpnssnble. That was In the morning. In tho afternoon tho sky darkened sud denly, and the horse were- hurriedly! .put Into tlio huckhoard: there was an eight-mil ride' before them, auJruut 'o AlW0,ti m hT v recoras of ui .- , bv nriv;::.",c,ai"4 iiininiu... a At it urn n "v.-uvruu Hint Sfmir... """u y. n t ia .. . " lucre wcro onlr twentr.tnin. " leans wlw had nwiMi?..9 vnec tmlln . .: "v"' "ie Xmt w line. During the Snanl.i, ste.l tnu. ' . " .l but the chief eoo.1 -xvu.it tu lis PTitr 11.- . ... ""XVVW wwnn i.iiii lint nn, . . , , .a uu. Knvnr t iu iiuiiuh or uic Aml ,. pror neM illm,.MiiM M theso cases racclnitn thcmaclrci. Within tlx mooth, tmSt tintu-nnn 11. i , . ".... iue TaonutM vacelnntisl niitiiL . wio ciiief men of the object rrquesied Ul Tia return. As emnllpor Ii epldtalc ui uemic in t in 'h y a... ttm m .11.11. .' n unuiuii gr varaasuos board of health U terr iwt Inln.l tit. . ! , t It tru 1 r . t . I . i tlt I n ll.lilf.i.1. ' .1.. I.,.. i .,v ...m.iII(111UI VI liJV UUOUl .11.1. m 11.. I ... . Hlf.. 1 . . t . . ilfinnilll IlilB VVVU UUdUlt 19 the employment of w Um and with tho small number t( nvnilnble the ouettlon im rncvuiauon win ueioiTeuu iili'ii tuiiLiiiLiituNit iiir rnnni irm clcr to Itmnunlto w CMw nniK uim nro nnw in innwiuiiM prior to the n J rent of tb , Mititir tiia mnmn rmauinn in Nun frequency, im moruiiij tu is icnco win 1 11 uiu in r.uiuin; ww, discovery of Tnccinauon, uo u Uie caro In Karope, so la tae ntnos. It seems to b almost I a .1.11 mi.. aKl4ll,'M W 1, V VV MM v -- !m thnt nil n.itlrefl VM WTI n 1 t 1 f ntvA rrnrn ttrmtM In im childhood, nnd those nil i ua Phlllnnlno Ulandi. ana Mi crfses occur In proportion to ti llllllin lin in v." and Unltlmorc. Cnuie of Ffllif- Bho was a dellglitfully W IUHK10 a"" WK.-uV , I .. .tin tmltM D5 stroot more tnau one ook at ner, eiiireaius gave to mm v) . fion. Prewntlr the happy . . ottMAfl. til nrlsl. a MfTl 01 nnu siooo iwlw - - j. ....... ff- ivn oen ntr iw iramc v .-."- ...... Ann irmiiu cobiu s Ar 11? 11111 uuu - A,,U " I" .fcrmStloaMK turned to see expression mnaMlA saw was tno . .. y-,(j Chicago sir.- v. -wagon striking another. nhllotopbc' T see uini ,Mt victor in tmt great pr ...u. it s luai " i it i iiri irii mw w uuw another awry h- ; i.Ml and COw terrorld nnd Star. .,0rft's no brldf? nont" museu (tw oMise. so I II Ju? ..... rndr " , VUl Ana w t im far It. lul' Hwlm for Thoro rr:..i.u ..nn WI1U T . VnrtHl LU X" ' 1 mtm S0UW " , Ityai to